March 22nd, 2000 • INTERVIEW:

From The Show: Herb Jeffries

Herb Jeffries

The music and life of Herb Jeffries, lead singer and last surviving member of Duke Ellington's legendary "Blanton-Webster" band of the early 1940s. Jeffries, called "the Bronze Buckaroo," was also the first black star of a cowboy movie; his theme song, "I'm a Happy Cowboy" comes from the 1938 western "Harlem on the Prairie."

Herb Jeffries

The music and life of 88 year-old Herb Jeffries, lead singer and last surviving member of Duke Ellington's legendary "Blanton-Webster" band of the early 1940s. Jeffries, called "the Bronze Buckaroo," was also the first black star of a cowboy movie; his theme song, "I'm a Happy Cowboy" comes from the 1938 western "Harlem on the Prairie."

Herb Jeffries

The music and life of 88-year-old Herb Jeffries, lead singer and last surviving member of Duke Ellington's legendary "Blanton-Webster" band of the early 1940s. Jeffries--called "the Bronze Buckaroo--was also the first black star of a cowboy movie; his theme song, "I'm a Happy Cowboy" comes from the 1938 Western "Harlem on the Prairie."